Barron's - USA (2020-10-19)

October 19, 2020 BARRON’S M23

Foreign Markets

CompleteFOREIGNEXCHANGELIST:PageM34 Key Cross Rates $1=€0.8534, ¥105.4, £0.7665

GLOBALSTOCKMARKETS

InLocalCurrencies InU.S.Dollars^1

Week's Week's

Index %Chg. 10/16 52-wkRange %Chg. 10/16 52-wkRange

TheWorld –0.1 1848.3 1883.2– 1251.5 –0.3 2440.1 2494.1– 1602.1

E.A.F.E.^2 –1.0 1071.9 1219.1– 842.4 –1.5 1882.4 2057.7– 1354.3

Australia 1.2 1200.8 1434.7– 910.3 –0.9 759.4 872.8– 467.9

Austria –1.5 365.2 584.8– 273.9 –2.3 808.6 1222.9– 560.7

Belgium –3.5 819.2 1142.3– 644.9 –4.3 1190.0 1578.1– 867.7

Canada –0.9 2058.3 2271.5– 1430.3 –1.3 1686.3 1856.1– 1063.8

Denmark 0.6 11851.9 12039.0– 7757.5 –0.2 14000.6 14323.1– 8380.3

Finland 0.3 746.2 766.4– 492.2 –0.5 580.1 588.6– 353.7

France –0.4 1798.9 2210.8– 1356.1 –1.2 1782.0 2055.9– 1241.8

Germany –0.9 962.5 1048.0– 639.1 –1.7 2110.2 2171.2– 1295.2

Greece –6.0 34.3 62.2– 29.7 –6.7 14.9 25.8– 11.9

HongKong –1.8 14862.8 17472.7– 12302.7 –1.8 10649.1 12492.0– 8808.8

Ireland –0.2 247.3 251.4– 152.4 –1.0 221.0 225.3– 125.9

Italy –1.0 618.2 835.4– 490.8 –1.8 233.9 291.1– 175.6

Japan –1.7 977.5 1053.1– 754.2 –1.4 3343.7 3462.4– 2503.2

Netherlands 0.5 1976.3 2022.8– 1339.8 –0.3 3795.3 3857.0– 2386.2

NewZealand 0.5 197.1 205.5– 150.5 –0.3 197.7 210.1– 129.5

Norway –0.5 2622.4 3064.2– 2130.0 –2.6 2002.1 2481.9– 1377.6

Portugal^3 2.0 92.0 113.1– 74.0 1.1 70.6 80.0– 51.9

Singapore 0.6 1359.9 1759.1– 1178.7 0.2 3079.5 4018.6– 2483.6

Spain –1.4 663.5 974.0– 589.8 –2.2 327.1 442.2– 275.0

Sweden –0.3 14560.4 15073.5– 10157.6 –0.9 8516.7 8654.7– 5094.4

Switzerland –1.1 1369.1 1511.4– 1105.4 –1.4 6429.1 6677.5– 4831.4

U.K. –1.9 1655.7 2195.2– 1428.2 –2.4 892.0 1196.0– 683.9

U.S.A. 0.3 3379.3 3461.3– 2128.1 0.3 3379.3 3461.3– 2128.1

BaseJan.1,1970=100^1 AdjustedforforeignexchangefluctuationsrelativetotheU.S.$.

(^2) Europe,Australasia,FarEastIndex. (^3) Base:Jan.1,1988=100.
Source:MorganStanleyCapitalInternationalPerspective,Geneva.

KEY FOREIGN STOCK MARKET INDEXES

AmsterdamAEX 568.18 +0.18 –36.40 –6.02

AthensGeneral 620.18 –4.80 –296.49–32.34

BangkokSET 1233.68 –2.64 –346.16–21.91

BombaySensex 39982 –1.30 –1270.76 –3.08

BrusselsBel-20 3264.60 –3.62 –691.23–17.47

BuenosAiresMerval 49024 +6.91 +7352.67+17.64

CopenhagenOMX20 1408.78 –0.07 +273.00+24.04

DublinISEQ 6587.92 –1.50 –595.49 –8.29

EUROSTOXXSXXE 361.94 –0.67 –42.00–10.40

EUROSTOXX50SXSE 3245.47 –0.84 –499.68–13.34

FrankfurtDAX 12908 –1.09 –340.02 –2.57

HelsinkiOMHX 10374 +0.65 +499.48 +5.06

HongKongHangSeng 24386 +1.11 –3802.96–13.49

IstanbulIMKB 1192.73 +2.32 +48.48 +4.24

JakartaComposite 5103.41 +0.98 –1196.13–18.99

JohannesburgAllShare 55047 –0.25 –2036.84 –3.57

KualaLumpurComposite 1503.84 –1.73 –84.92 –5.35

LISBONPSI 3279.46 +3.38 –85.79 –2.55

LondonFTSE-100 5919.58 –1.61 –1622.86–21.52

MadridIBEX35 6849.70 –1.46 –2699.50–28.27

ManilaComposite 5898.47 –0.56 –1916.79–24.53

MexicoCityIPC 37876 –1.56 –5664.53–13.01

MilanFTSEAllShare 20867 –2.67 –4761.55–18.58

MoscowRTS 1132.80 –2.71 –416.12–26.87

OsloComposite 947.55 –0.47 –84.69 –8.20

ParisCAC 4935.86 –0.22 –1042.20–17.43

SantiagoSelective 2508.48 –1.00 –827.38–24.80

SaoPauloBovespa 98309 +0.85 –17336–14.99

SeoulComposite 2361.21 –1.29 +163.54 +7.44

ShanghaiComposite 3336.36 +1.96 +286.23 +9.38

ShenzhenBShareIdx 948.56 +0.18 –13.06 –1.36

SingaporeFTSESTI 2533.02 ... –689.81–21.40

StockholmOMXS 735.09 –0.46 +54.28 +7.97

STOXXEurope50SXSP 2921.83 –1.08 –481.20–14.14

STOXXEurope600SXXP 367.48 –0.78 –48.36–11.63

SydneyS&P/ASX200 6176.80 +1.22 –507.27 –7.59

TaipelWeighted 12750 –1.06 +753.23 +6.28

TelAviv125Index 1398.59 –0.47 –218.11–13.49

TokyoNikkei-225 23410 –0.89 –245.99 –1.04

TorontoS&P/TSX 16438 –0.75 –624.68 –3.66

ViennaATX 2195.32 –0.87 –991.62–31.12

WellingtonS&P/NZX50 12433 +1.24 +941.26 +8.19

ZurichSwiss 10207 –1.09 –409.81 –3.86

MostRecent Week’s Year-to-Date

Close %Chg. Chg. %Chg.

MostRecent Week’s Year-to-Date

Close %Chg. Chg. %Chg.

Indexesarebasedonlocalcurrencies.Becauseofvariousholidaysandothermarketclosings,themostrecentcloseisnotnecessarily

that of the week of publication.

S&PGlobalBroadMarketIndices

S&PGlobal S&PGlobal SPGlobal Point

Indexes, Indexes, Indexes, Chg. %Chg.

Region/ LocalCurr. Wkly U.S.$ Wkly U.S.$on From From

Country 10/16/20 %Chg. 10/16/20 %Chg. 12/31/19 12/31/19 12/31/19

Americas 375.67 0.09 352.84 22.83 6.47

Brazil 994.17 0.55 199.73 — 1.25 321.59 — 121.86 — 37.89

Canada 504.24 — 0.79 485.59 — 1.27 512.59 — 27.00 — 5.27

Chile 255.84 — 1.00 141.03 — 0.86 197.06 — 56.03 — 28.43

Mexico 634.20 — 1.46 241.99 — 1.38 310.96 — 68.96 — 22.18

U.S. 35759.58 0.18 35759.58 0.18 33035.38 2724.20 8.25

LatinAmerica 200.17 — 1.35 304.77 — 104.60 — 34.32

Europe 374.06 — 1.61 408.14 — 34.08 — 8.35

Austria 231.13 — 1.58 224.84 — 2.36 299.44 — 74.60 — 24.91

Belgium 301.35 — 3.95 293.15 — 4.71 368.41 — 75.26 — 20.43

Denmark 2313.78 0.53 2281.26 — 0.26 1769.38 511.88 28.93

Finland 1502.40 0.50 1461.53 — 0.30 1329.35 132.18 9.94

France 368.19 — 0.52 358.18 — 1.32 412.89 — 54.71 — 13.25

Germany 467.00 — 0.88 454.30 — 1.67 455.73 — 1.43 — 0.31

Greece 14.27 — 5.39 15.20 — 6.15 23.73 — 8.54 — 35.97

Ireland 673.37 — 1.22 655.06 — 2.01 665.38 — 10.32 — 1.55

Italy 191.34 — 1.25 186.14 — 2.04 217.35 — 31.21 — 14.36

Netherlands 714.26 0.14 694.83 — 0.66 624.39 70.44 11.28

Norway 567.12 — 0.09 425.02 — 2.17 500.64 — 75.63 — 15.11

Portugal 57.86 2.22 61.61 1.41 68.24 — 6.63 — 9.72

Russia 1987.53 — 1.71 204.85 — 2.84 290.94 — 86.10 — 29.59

Spain 309.80 — 1.43 301.37 — 2.22 399.59 — 98.22 — 24.58

Sweden 1429.81 — 0.21 1142.68 — 0.79 982.90 159.78 16.26

Switzerland 600.49 — 1.10 957.88 — 1.41 940.04 17.85 1.90

United Kingdom 236.62 — 1.87 202.59 — 2.39 267.99 — 65.40 — 24.40

South Africa 832.01 — 0.10 245.74 — 0.67 316.49 — 70.76 — 22.36

PacificRegion 244.79 — 0.57 238.86 5.93 2.48

Australia 444.92 1.31 457.42 — 0.73 485.26 — 27.84 — 5.74

China 586.31 2.04 715.45 2.00 590.76 124.69 21.11

Hong Kong 436.87 — 1.41 437.00 — 1.41 477.15 — 40.16 — 8.42

India 1132.50 — 1.40 606.53 — 1.67 624.41 — 17.88 — 2.86

Japan 127.09 — 1.79 150.54 — 1.56 155.29 — 4.75 — 3.06

Malaysia 234.96 — 0.65 148.22 — 0.97 156.90 — 8.68 — 5.53

New Zealand 415.55 0.36 534.47 — 0.46 494.63 39.84 8.05

Philippines 300.70 — 0.17 246.72 — 0.83 313.51 — 66.79 — 21.31

Singapore 171.40 — 0.14 205.75 — 0.42 224.34 — 18.59 — 8.29

South Korea 910.04 — 2.14 1344.43 — 1.63 1222.99 121.44 9.93

Taiwan 127.31 — 0.91 144.56 — 1.12 129.43 15.14 11.69

Thailand 269.48 — 2.78 415.74 — 3.10 567.16 — 151.41 — 26.70

EuroZone 137.77 — 1.55 148.72 — 10.95 — 7.36

EuropeDeveloped(exU.K.) 506.53 — 1.39 520.07 — 13.53 — 2.60

Europe(Nordic) 1151.25 — 0.69 1005.63 145.61 14.48

Pacific(ex.Japan) 340.53 — 0.03 321.74 18.79 5.84

World(exUS) 205.33 — 1.04 214.75 — 9.42 — 4.39

S&PGlobalBroadMarketIndices 286.13 — 0.36 279.60 6.53 2.34

GLOBALDOW 3044.78 — 0.86 3251.24 — 206.46 — 6.35

s2020S&PDowJonesIndices.AllRightsReserved.

Europe

-0.82% S&P Europe BMI

Denmark 0.53

Finland 0.50

Netherlands 0.14

-0.09 Norway

-0.21 Sweden

-0.52 France

-0.88 Germany

-1.10 Switzerland

-1.25 Italy

-1.43 Spain

-1.87 U.K.

-3.95 Belgium

-5.39 Greece

Indexes based on S&P Global Broad Market Indices Source: S&P DJ Indices

Feverish:A Covid surge and lockdown talk hit

European stocks. Brexit fears also surfaced.

Asia

-0.45% S&P Pan Asia BMI

China 2.04

Indonesia 1.36

Australia 1.31

New Zealand 0.36

-0.14 Singapore

-0.17 Philippines

-0.65 Malaysia

-0.91 Taiwan

-1.40 India

-1.41 Hong Kong

-1.79 Japan

-2.14 South Korea

-2.78 Thailand

Indexes based on S&P Global Broad Market Indices Source: S&P DJ Indices

Feeling Fine:China recovers but macro fears

persist. A Biden win now viewed as a positive.